Tonight’s Picks

Jack (Sean Hayes) tries to con­vince Will (Eric McCor­mack) to act stupid in the hopes of land­ing a TV news an­chor in this new episode. Else­where, Karen (Me­gan Mul­lally) dis­cov­ers her al­imony may be lim­ited if she can’t pro­vide pho­tos of her ex’s af­fair.

TOPCHEF 9:00 p.m.

HostPad­maLak­sh­mi­wel­comes15new­tal­ented chefs in this sea­son pre­miere. They’ll com­pete in in­tense culi­nary chal­lenges de­signed to test their skills in the kitchen as they vie for the cov­eted “Top Chef” ti­tle.

AMERICANPICKERS 9:00 p.m.

Frank and Mike’s lat­est ad­ven­ture un­earths­some­trea­sures fromtheSum­merof Love in this newepisode. Cam­eras fol­low the dy­namic duo as they search the back roads for hid­den gems, such as old cars, an­tiques and col­lectibles in this se­ries.

S.W.A.T. 10:00 p.m.

Hondo (She­mar Moore) leads a teamof spe­cially trained of­fi­cers who­take out the city’s most dan­ger­ous crim­i­nals as heworks for a Los An­ge­les S.W.A.T. teamin anew episode of this dram­abased on the ‘70sTVseries of the same­name.

BEATBOBBYFLAY 10:00 p.m.

Food Net­work per­son­al­ity Amanda Fre­itag and ac­tress Jamie-Lynn Sigler bring some hol­i­day cheer to the arena in this new episode. They ho-ho-hope that one of the fea­tured chefs will de­feat Bobby Flay in the fi­nal com­pe­ti­tion.